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    Posted 10 years ago

    Blah
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    14" long brass, handle fixed, free swivelling end with intermediate winder. Looks Victorian finely made assume ironmongery of some description. Found in an old house.

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    1. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 10 years ago
      Does the adjustable leg on this have a point or where one could be mounted?
    2. Blah, 10 years ago
      Not obviously.
    3. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 10 years ago
      Thanks for the reply. The mounting point would be obvious for a tip.
    4. racer4four racer4four, 10 years ago
      Casement window winder?
    5. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 10 years ago
      I can't see the picture close but I think they are antique trammels on a fixed beam.
    6. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 10 years ago
      Those square-cut threads aren't easy to make or cheap, so this was an expensive tool. That requires a lock-in automatic feed lathe.
    7. Blah, 10 years ago
      Thanks for all the responses so far. Don't think it is a window winder as there are no fixing points. The photo is upside down so it's just sitting on the surface. Trying to figure out if something goes through the unusual shaped hole in the swivelling end. Any ideas?
    8. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 10 years ago
      Well Blah, you just killed my next guess as an anti-gravity device.
    9. Roycroftbooksfromme1, 10 years ago
      looks like a plumbers tool for reaming a pipe...just a guess....lol
    10. Roycroftbooksfromme1, 10 years ago
      lol I have an old wooden shoe stretcher with that same handle ...hmmmmmm
    11. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 10 years ago
      Is the top handle made to take off easily?
    12. Roycroftbooksfromme1, 10 years ago
      I posted mine ..........................
    13. Roycroftbooksfromme1, 10 years ago
      yep your missing the wooden parts....
    14. Roycroftbooksfromme1, 10 years ago
      this one ............
    15. keen2no, 9 years ago
      Your steel tool with the brass handles and swivel, I have one almost the same, except the steel stem goes through the brass swivel end and touches the back of the pointed end of the swivel. Are you any closer to finding out what the item was originally intended for? My father died in August and I found it amongst his things, I have no idea what it is?

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